April Yee: Article Analysis

I just read this very interesting article about college and why students attend. The author, April Yee, made a few key points about why young adults, attending higher education. In the article April interviews 34 students from a large urban public university. She studied students who came from many different ethical and racial backgrounds. They was also an even split between them as males and females. Many of the students were either the first in their family to attend college or from parents who 's had at least a bachelor’s degrees and higher. She talks to them as to why they are attend higher education, some of their motives, and how they feel as to how higher education is regarded by society. First, students believe that they …show more content…
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